Kilpatrick lost in a landslide to State Sen. Hansen Clarke, 41 percent to 47 percent, reports the Detroit Free Press, which describes the challengers' victory as "stunning."

State Sen. Hansen Clarke, the Democratic nominee and likely winner in November, also boasts a strong record on LGBT issues. Clarke co-sponsored legislation to expand Michigan’s hate crime law to include sexual orientation. Clarke has been an outspoken advocate on HIV funding and policy. The state senator was among the first elected officials in Michigan to condemn the recent bio-terrorism charge slapped against an HIV positive black gay man accused of biting a neighbor.